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Saturday, March 27, 2010

The Jim Edmonds story - the 2010 comeback edition

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Jim Edmonds played well enough to earn a spot on the 40-Man roster of the Milwaukee Brewers for 2010 - h opefully his comeback in his age ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

2009 Topps Unique Yovani Gallardo Prime Time patch card

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Prime Time patch card, serial #'d 24/99  I'll assume the patch was cut from a 'game-worn' jersey from the 2006 Futures Game...

Featured autograph - Tino Martinez

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I never really had an opportunity to get Tino Martinez's autograph when he was an active player - since he wasn't exactly an 'e...
Monday, March 22, 2010

2010 Topps Heritage review

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2010 Topps Heritage Jhoulys Chacin #292 I've only really picked up four retail rack packs of Topps Heritage and this featured card, thou...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Buster Posey - a future star waiting in the wings

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2010 Topps Buster Posey rookie card #2 San Francisco Giants Buster Posey is one of the top prospects in baseball and his status as a future ...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition breaks

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2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition [$4.99 x 5] - looking for something different than retail and randomly picked up five packs of this draft ...

Sugar - a baseball movie review

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With Torii Hunter's comments igniting a firestorm with baseball fans, it maybe good timing to watch a baseball movie like Sugar - it s...

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #6

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Chone Figgins and Ichiro look to gel during spring training and form a top of the lineup duo, to ignite the Seattle Mariners - on paper, th...
Monday, March 15, 2010

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #5

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This post is about several pictures I took at a Chicago Cubs / Arizona Diamondbacks spring training game - including a banner advertising an...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #4

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Brett Anderson throws in a side session during an Oakland Athletics workout at their facility at Papago Par k - so far he pretty much signs ...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #3

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During my trip to the Cactus League, my friend and I visited the Angels' camp in Tempe - after he was done with his Japanese media oblig...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #2

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I got Aroldis Chapman's autograph on an odd-sized image photo print [a little smaller than an 8x10] during a game between the Cincinnati...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

2010 Cactus League trip recap special #1

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Being able to get out to Arizona for an 11 day spring training trip from the end of February through the beginning of March  - made me feel ...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Target binge - leads to a couple of Topps Million Card Giveaway redemptions

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I picked up a 2010 Topps 'Honus Wagner' cereal box [$9.99 each at Target], a 2010 Topps jumbo pack [$4.99 each at Target] and a 2010...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

My Topps Million Card Giveaway redemption - a 1985 Topps Bob Forsch

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I finally was able to redeem my lone Topps Million Card Giveaway redemption card and landed this beaut - I think the redeemed redemption ca...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

2010 Upper Deck retail pack break #3

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2010 Upper Deck retail [$1.50 each / $4 for three packs from a booth at a card show] - you can't see his face, the front of his uniform...

2010 Upper Deck retail pack break #2

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2010 Upper Deck retail [$1.50 each / $4 for three packs from a booth at a card show] - I think Upper Deck messed up on Carlos Pena's ca...

2010 Upper Deck retail pack break #1

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2010 Upper Deck retail [$1.50 each / $4 for three packs from a booth at a card show] - I wasn't looking for any particular hits [like I...